Amendment process flawed

For the past few years, Congress has governed by crisis. Every time a spending bill needs to be passed, or the debt ceiling needs raising, we get arguments over completely unrelated things. Brinksmanship with the entire U.S. economy has become the norm.

There's a simple way to stop this: a constitutional amendment limiting all bills to a single subject. If both sides are prevented from attaching unrelated riders to critical bills, this kind of thing would end immediately. And maybe, maybe we get some credibility back as a functioning country.

While we're at it, how about a second solution: A government shutdown should immediately result in new elections for all of Congress. See how many shutdowns we get after that. Of course, good luck getting Congress to pass amendments limiting its own power.

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Amendment process flawed

For the past few years, Congress has governed by crisis. Every time a spending bill needs to be passed, or the debt ceiling needs raising, we get arguments over completely unrelated things.